Twenty-six governors, including one Democrat, say they won’t allow Syrian refugees into their states (as of 11/17). Susana Martinez is also opposed. Governors have no constitutional power to so do — two did ask the feds to please stop such immigration, however.

Today’s award for un-Christian/un-American behavior goes to Indiana’s Gov. Mike Pence. He forced Indianapolis’ Catholic Charities — who have held up a family in Syria for three years while vetting them — to send them elsewhere; they ended up in Connecticut. Not Christian charity, just the opposite. Un-Americanism reigns under the guise of security needs. These governor’s statements — stop until we know federal security, already tight, is OK — is demagoguery. Are they the Father Coughlins of the 21st century?

I ask, do they change anything except views of malleable Americans? The scale of sectarian conflict overseas and wariness about a strain of Islam is damning and stressful, yes. But do these governors expect the feds to be perfect on “security”? Let’s say one possible terrorist slipped through border screening. Could happen you know — just ask the French — who have the best anti-terrorism monitoring in the world.

American terrorists. e.g , neo-Nazis, sovereign citizens, white supremacists, have a worse track record since 9/11 than Islamic extremists. There are many JV Brunns and Dylann Roofs who kill yet claim to be good Christians. Just ask law enforcement agencies.

The incidents of non-Islamic terrorism deaths since 9/11 is almost double (48, 19 attacks), Islamic jihadists (26, seven attacks), according to the New York Times; 382 police departments recently surveyed by the UNC Triangle for Terrorism and Homeland Security say, three to one, that American-grown non-jihadist terrorists must be feared more! Reality.

Support refugees here; damn the hype.

Jerry Nachison,

Las Cruces

Letter fails to counter Muslim claims

Sureyya Husain’s Nov. 29 letter lists a number of references to Muslims condemning the Paris terrorist attacks, attempting to discredit my Nov. 21 letter that news media in the U.S. have not reported on any American Muslims condemning these hateful acts.

Every reference cited by Ms. Husain was either to non-news media cites or cites outside the U.S. My statement: “Once again, at least in the U.S., deafening silence of Muslim leaders condemning these hateful acts” was so preferenced, as I knew nothing of Muslim condemnation events outside the U.S. Not one of her references refuted any statement in my Nov. 21 letter.

My Nov. 21 letter was submitted on Nov. 17. On Nov. 21, CBS Nightly News reported on a massive D.C. prayer gathering of some 2,000 Muslims condemning the Paris attacks. Since that CBS report, I have not seen in the Sun-News, New York Times, Washington Post or Times, the WSJ nor heard on CBS, NPR, or PBS further reports of Muslim condemnation of these hateful acts. Yes, there could have been others I missed.

Interesting, Husain’s last sentence states, “Ask your media to report the copious condemnations, too numerous to list,” completely supports my premise that the U.S. news media has ignored U.S. Muslim condemnation of Muslim hateful acts if, indeed, they have occurred.

Ms. Husain, to protect your credibility, I suggest that before castigating others’ writings, you carefully read and comprehend the content of their writings.

You stated that I should apologize. Ms. Husain, you, I, or anyone has neither need nor moral obligation to apologize for statements that are accurate.

Robert K. Murray,

Las Cruces

Creationism misrepresented in letter

A recent letter to the editor attacked Creationism for its young-Earth perspective, as well as its belief that we did not evolve from molecules. However, the age of the Earth is certainly debatable when one considers the unprovable assumptions built into the radiometric dating techniques; and the fact that the Big Bang theory has the same problem with the speed of light as do creationists (reference “Inflation Theory”). Not to mention the problem with several findings of soft tissue in fossils supposedly tens of millions of years old.

As for whether or not man evolved from molecules, or if God simply created Adam and Eve; consider that macro-evolution has never been observed, and has no mechanism to increase usable genetic information for an organism to evolve into a new kind of organism.

Lastly, the author wonders how creationists explain dinosaurs. God did not put dinosaurs “on Earth as a test of our faith.” This is not the mainstream creationist view. The Bible clearly describes dinosaur-like creatures (e.g. Job 40). So they were most likely created during the same creation week as everything else, thousands of years ago verses millions/billions of years ago. And this is consistent with the fact that secular scientists have found multiple examples of soft tissue found in dinosaur fossils thought to be 70-plus millions years old. Anyone familiar with science knows this is impossible since dead organic material cannot remain intact for such an enormous amount of time.